Ensuring the success of local public health workforce assessments: Using a participatory-based research approach with a rural population

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1447-1455

  Alejos, A ^a   Weingartner, A ^a   Scharff, D P ^b   Ablah, E ^c   Frazier, L ^d   Hawley, S R ^c   St Romain, T ^c   Orr, S A ^d   Wright, K S ^b  

^a Shawnee County Cooperative   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^d KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Needs assessment; Public health workforce; Workforce development

Indexed keywords

HEALTH WORKER; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL POPULATION; TRAINING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56049118881     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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